Non-refillable bottle.



J. D. HULL.

NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED SBPT.1Z,1913

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

0) memo z J EBEMIAI-I I). HULL, 0F RICHMOND HILL, NEXV YORK.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Application filed September 12, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JEREMIAH D. HULL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond Hill, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to non-refillable bottles and has for its general object to provide a simple and eflioient bottle of this character which cannot be refilled after it has once been emptied of its original contents.

/Vith this and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claim. I

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the valve. Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the upper section of the bottle neck with parts shown broken away for the sake of clearness and, Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of the lower section of the bottle neck.

Referring to the drawings in detail 1 indicates the body of a bottle having a neck 2 comprising an upper section 3 and a lower section at. The lower section l is designed to form a valve chamber and is provided at its inner lower end with an inwardly tapering valve seat 5 for the seating of a frustoconical valve 6. This valve has secured to its outer side a series of guides 7, in the form of pieces of wire, bent outwardly at their opposite ends to provide guiding lugs 8 and 9, which lugs engage the wall of the valve chamber to insure the proper return of the valve to its seat when the bottle is arranged in its upright position. The upper section 3 is provided with a baille in the form of a spider 10.

11 indicates a suplemental baille in the form of a disk having an upwardly extending tubular portion 12 and a downwardly Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Serial No. 789,567.

extending tubular portion 13, which form an opening for the passage of liquid when the bottle is in use. This opening is arranged in such relation to the opening of the spider 10 so as to prevent the forcing of an instrument therethrough in an attempt to prevent the seating of the valve for fraudulently filling the bottle.

After the bottle has been filled with its original contents the valve and supplemental baflie are then placed in their proper positions ,in the lower section 4 of the bottle neck." The upper section is then secured to the lower section by means of their screw threaded portions 14: and to prevent the separation of these parts both the male threaded portion of the section l and the female threaded portion of the section 3 are provided with curved grooves or notches 16 and 17 which when brought into alinement is adapted to receive a lock in the form of a wire pluglS. lVith this construction an attempt to unscrew the sections will eifect the breaking of the bottle neck.

The top of the neck is adapted to receive a conventional form of stopper 19 as shown. Should it be desired to remove the contents of the bottle the stopper 19 is removed and the bottle inverted. The valve is then unseated which permits the contents of the bottle to pass around the same, through the central opening of the supplemental battle and then on out through the openings of the spider. Upon the bottle being placed in an upright position the valve will immediately assume its normal or closed position.

It is obvious that any attempt to fill the bottle when in its upright position will fail for the reason that the valve rests upon its seat. Now if the bottle should be tilted to an inverted position and an attempt made to force liquid into the bottle the pressure of the liquid would force the valve against its seat. Therefore it would be practically impossible to manipulate the valve to fill the bottle unless the bottle neck be broken.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and combination of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention and scope of my claims.

What is claimed as new is:

A non-refillable bottle comprising a body having a neck provided with a valve seat, a

ing beyond the outer surfaces of the 'Walls of said tubular portions.

In testimony Whereoi I aifix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

JEREMIAH D. HULL. Witnesses J. WV. DONEGAN, Gno. A. BYRNE.

valve located in the neck, a baffle located in the neck above the valve and having at its opposite sides upwardly and downwardly extending tubular portions in alinelnent With each other and open from end to end and concentrically positioned With relation to the valve and a spider located above the bafile and having openings at its edges 1y- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

